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Who is Duravant?
Duravant is a private equity firm based in the United States.
Firm facts
Duravant
- Type
- private equity firm
- Headquarters
- Downers Grove, United States
- Website
- duravant.com
- Backed by
- Warburg Pincus,The Carlyle Group
- Previously backed by
- Odyssey Investment Partners
Last verified 2026-10-30
How they work
Duravant designs and supplies automation equipment and related systems for food processing, packaging and material handling. The group includes operating brands and has completed acquisitions in packaging and warehouse automation.
Duravant has completed acquisitions of equipment and software businesses that extend its packaging and material-handling systems. Its public pages reviewed here do not set out a standard seller process.
- Capital model
- Corporate acquisitions under Duravant LLC, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company in the saved official owner roster.
- Geography
- Pattyn is Belgian and Matthews Automation Solutions was acquired from a US company; no exclusive target geography is published.
- Ownership
- Pattyn became a distinct operating company within Duravant after the completed May 2025 acquisition; the exact legal holding chain is not disclosed in the release.
- Platform or bolt-on
- Acquires operating companies and business units that extend processing, packaging, material handling, software and controls capabilities.
- Sector focus
- Industrial automation for protein processing, food sorting, packaging and material handling.
Their portfolio
Showing 12 of 12 known holdings — coverage is still partial.
Company
Sector
What they do
- SectorLogistics & transportWhat they doFMH Conveyors makes loading, unloading and sorting conveyor systems for parcel and distribution operations.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they doFoodmate makes poultry processing automation equipment.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they doHenneken makes vacuum tumblers, injectors and handling equipment for meat processing.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they doKey Technology makes optical inspection, sorting and processing systems for food producers.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they doMarelec makes portioning, grading and inspection systems for poultry, meat and fish processors.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they doMarlen makes food processing equipment for slicing, dicing, cooking and thermal treatment.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they doMespack makes flexible-packaging equipment for pouches, stick packs and soluble pods.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they doMultiscan Technologies makes machine-vision inspection equipment for fruit, vegetables and other food products.
- SectorLogistics & transportWhat they doNPI makes high-speed automated sorting systems for parcels and mail.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they donVenia supplies primary, secondary and end-of-line packaging automation systems.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they doPattyn makes bag-in-box and end-of-line packaging automation equipment.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they doPoss makes mechanical separation equipment for protein processors.
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Sources
- duravant.com · portfolio page
- duravant.com · website
- duravant.com · research
- duravant.com · research
- duravant.com · research
- warburgpincus.com · research
The truth, first.Data as at 2026-10-30